Violence Denied: Violence, Non-Violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History

Jan E.M. Houben and Karel R. Van Kooij

ISBN 10: 9360807524 / ISBN 13: 9789360807528

Published by Manohar, 2025

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• Title: Violence Denied: Violence, Non-Violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History
• Publisher: Manohar
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9360807524
• ISBN 13: 9789360807528
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: International Edition
• Condition: New

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Violence Denied: Violence, Non-Violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History Violence Denied: Violence, Non-Violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History by Jan E.M. Houben and Karel R. Van Kooij ISBN - 9789360807528 Cover - HardBound Publication Year - 2025 Pages - 408 p. Price - INR 2395.00 In the course of millennia of dealing with problems of violence, South Asia has not only elaborated the ideal of total avoidance of violence in a unique manner, it also developed arguments justifying and rationalizing its employment under certain circumstances. Some of these arguments seemingly transform all sorts of ‘violence’ into ‘nonviolence’. Historical and cultural aspects of the tensions between violence and its denial and rationalization in South Asia are taken up in the contributions of this volume which deal with topics ranging from the origins of the concept of ahimsa, to the iconography and interpretation of a self-beheading goddess, and violent heroines in Ajneyas Hindi short stories. About the Author Jan E.M. Houben, at present working at the Kern Institute, Leiden University, obtained his Ph.D. in 1992 for a thesis on Bhartrhari’s philosophy of language, and published on South Asia’s philosophical and linguistic tradition as well as on Vedic ritual. Karel R. van Kooij, Professor of South Asian Art and Material Culture, Kern Institute, Leiden University, obtained his Ph.D. in 1972 for a thesis on the Kalika Purana, and published on Buddhist and Hindu Iconography with regard to Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.

About the Authors

Jan E.M. Houben, at present working at the Kern Institute, Leiden University, obtained his Ph.D. in 1992 for a thesis on Bhartrhari’s philosophy of language, and published on South Asia’s philosophical and linguistic tradition as well as on Vedic ritual.

Karel R. van Kooij, Professor of South Asian Art and Material Culture, Kern Institute, Leiden University, obtained his Ph.D. in 1972 for a thesis on the Kalika Purana, and published on Buddhist and Hindu Iconography with regard to Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.